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Bill Gates says Steve Ballmer was the business partner he badly needed — so he gave up 4% of Microsoft to recruit him
Steve Ballmer mirrored Bill Gates' energy, boosted his social life, and became the round-the-clock business partner he needed.
Bill Gates reveals Steve Jobs told him to take acid to make Microsoft's products cooler
Microsoft founder Bill Gates has revealed in an interview that Apple founder Steve Jobs told him to take acid to make Microsoft's products more interesting.
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on why he gave 4% of his shares to ‘future CEO’ Steve Ballmer
Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer's partnership at Microsoft began at Harvard, with Gates offering Ballmer a 4% stake to join the company in 1980. They sha
Bill Gates Reveals Steve Jobs Once Suggested Him To Take LSD To Improve Microsoft
Steve Jobs had openly credited his own LSD experiences with shaping his vision for Apple's groundbreaking products.
Bill Gates reflects on his youth, beginnings of Microsoft, in new memoir
In his new memoir, "Source Code," billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates opens up about his adolescence and early adult life.
Steve Jobs asked Bill Gates to ‘take acid’ to design better products? Microsoft co-founder recalls...
Billionaire Bill Gates recalled how Apple co-founder Steve Jobs once told him how he wished Gates would have used acid (drugs) to design better products, reported the news portal Fortune.
Microsoft's Bill Gates: Steve Jobs was a genius in this area
That's where I found Microsoft (MSFT) co-founder Bill Gates to be in a recent chat about his onetime rival, the late Apple (AAPL) co-founder Steve Jobs. "Steve was very different than I was, I mean, in terms of intuitive sense of a good user interface,
In chat with Bill Gates, Mark Cuban compares big NBA trade to Microsoft unloading Windows 11
Mark Cuban, former majority owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks. (GeekWire File Photo) Mark Cuban tapped Bill Gates for some ...
Bill Gates says he got into every Ivy League school he applied to, but tailored a different ‘persona’ for each application: ‘Each was a performance’
I wanted the chance to see how I stacked up against the other brainy kids from a much wider pool than Lakeside,” Gates said.
Bill Gates: I'm A "Little Disappointed" In Elon Musk, He's "Been Nice To Me At Times, And Mean To Me At Times"
Microsoft founder Bill Gates joins CNN’s Anderson Cooper and discusses Elon Musk's role in President Donald Trump's ...
Bill Gates was going 'founder mode' in 1976 before the term existed
Before Paul Graham defined "founder mode," Bill Gates embodied a similar approach when cofounding Microsoft in the 1970s.
Bill Gates Feared Getting Kicked Out of Harvard During His Sophomore Year. Here’s What He Says Happened
Bill Gates famously dropped out of Harvard University during his junior year — but in his new memoir, Source Code, he's ...
Bill Gates says humans will not be needed for "most things" thanks to AI
Fallon asked Gates about the pros and cons of AI on Tuesday, and the Microsoft co-founder's answer gave the show host some pause after asking if humans will no longer be needed. Gates went on to ...
Double Billing: Bill Gates and Bill Nye geek out on computers, science and changing human history
Bill Nye, the "Science Guy," and Bill Gates, the software guy, came together on one stage Thursday night in Seattle for an ...
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Bill Gates says he worked 80-hour weeks even after becoming a billionaire
In his memoir, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has written about often working 80-hour weeks and always worrying that any ...